Today, 17 April 2023, marks the unveiling of Singapore’s first pure electric seagoing ferry, Penguin Refresh, a 200-pax, 21-knot electric commuter ferry which will be used to transport passengers between mainland Singapore to Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park on the island of Pulau Bukom,
Dubbed Electric Dream by Penguin, this project comprises three electric ferries and rapid shore chargers with automated with automated jibs.
Penguin is the turnkey designer, builder, owner and operator of the ferries and charging infrastructure. Partnering with Shell Eastern Petroleum, Incat Crowther, Razor Blunt Labs, Danfoss, Zinus AS and Gema Engineering.
In a speech at the unveiling event on Pulau Bukom, Penguin’s Executive Chairman Jeffrey Hing said, “About eighteen months ago, Penguin and Shell embarked on a unique journey together. At the start of this journey, we told the world that we were going to develop pure electric ferries and rapid shore chargers that would eventually replace conventional diesel-powered ferries…for good. This was always going to be a one-way trip. There was no turning back. No detours.”
So it is with Penguin on this Electric Dream journey. We weathered the Covid regime, supply chain delays and impasse with government agencies over charging infrastructure. By God’s Grace, we prevailed.”
Penguin Refresh will start commercial operations in May. She will be joined by two more ferries later this year.
Together, our three Electric Dream ferries will eliminate more than 6,000 tons of CO2 annually from the skies over Singapore. That is the annual emission from three conventional ferries.
 Ltd, Incat Crowther, Razor Blunt Labs, Danfoss, Zinus AS and Gema Engineering. In a speech at the unveiling event on Pulau Bukom, Penguin's Executive Chairman Jeffrey Hing said, "This project presented itself as a bold challenge against all that was conventional and comfortable in our local maritime industry. For us, this was going to be our most substantial and most profound investment ever in a single project."){kind=link}